{"id":163387,"date":"2024-06-04T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163387&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:48:01","slug":"fukuoka-police-establish-special-unit-to-combat-unlawful-demands-at-shareholder-meetings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-police-establish-special-unit-to-combat-unlawful-demands-at-shareholder-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Police Establish Special Unit to Combat Unlawful Demands at Shareholder Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With numerous shareholder meetings scheduled in June, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police established a special unit on June 3 to address illegal demands at these gatherings. The unit, comprising 50 officers, will collaborate with companies to enhance security. Although the number of corporate extortionists has declined since the early 2000s, the police remain vigilant. The Organised Crime Countermeasures Division stressed their commitment to preventing incidents and strictly enforcing the law. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240603\/5010024482.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_police-shareholder-mtg_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C815&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Police Establish Special Unit to Combat Unlawful Demands at Shareholder Meetings\" width=\"1400\" height=\"815\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_police-shareholder-mtg_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_police-shareholder-mtg_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_police-shareholder-mtg_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C596&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_police-shareholder-mtg_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C447&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With numerous shareholder meetings scheduled in June, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police established a special unit on June 3 to address illegal demands at these gatherings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163387","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/163387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}